Kenya Open March 25-29

[Alan Shore]

Euro Challenge. Muthaiga G.C., Nairobi, Kenya.

The Kenya Open is a golf tournament in Kenya and has been an event on the European based Challenge Tour schedule since 1991. It was founded in 1967, and has been held at Muthaiga Golf Club near Nairobi every year except 1968 and between 2004 and 2008, when the tournament was held at Karen Country Club.

The title has been won by some of Europe's biggest Ryder Cup stars, including Severiano Ballesteros, Ian Woosnam, Ken Brown and Christy O'Connor Jnr, as well as future Masters champion Trevor Immelman. The most successful player is England's Maurice Bembridge, who recorded three victories between 1968 and 1979.

There is also an annual Kenya Open Tennis tournament.

Past Winners

Tusker Kenya Open

2009 Gary Boyd
2008 Iain Pyman
2007 Edoardo Molinari
2006 Johan Axgren
2005 Daniel Vancsik

Kenya Open

2004 Marc Cayeux
2003 No tournament

Sameer Kenya Open

2002 Lee S. James

Tusker Kenya Open

2001 Ashley Roestoff
2000 Trevor Immelman
1999 Maarten Lafeber
1998 Ricardo González

Lonrho Kenya Open

1997 Jorge Berendt

Standard Chartered Kenya Open

1996 Mike Miller
1995 James Lee
1994 Paul Carman
1993 Craig Maltman
1992 André Bossert

555 Kenya Open

1990 Christy O'Connor Jnr
1989 FDavid Jones
1988 Chris Platts
1987 Carl Mason
1986 Ian Woosnam
1985 Garry Harvey
1984 José Maria Cañizares

Benson & Hedges Kenya Open

1983 Ken Brown
1982 Eamonn Darcy
1981 Brian Barnes
1980 Brian Waites
1979 Maurice Bembridge

Kenya Open

1978 Severiano Ballesteros
1977 Liam Higgins
1976 No tournament
1975 Gary Smith
1974 David Jagger
1973 Jan Dorrestein
1972 David Llewellyn
1971 Ernie Jones
1970 Jan Dorrestein
1969 Maurice Bembridge
1968 Maurice Bembridge
1967 Guy Wolstenholme